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Ballajá, Old San Juan

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Coordinates: 18°28′14″N 66°07′28″W / 18.4706129°N 66.1245620°W / 18.4706129; -66.1245620
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Ballajá
Subbarrio
The historic Ballajá Barracks are in Ballajá
The historic Ballajá Barracks are in Ballajá
Ballajá is in San Juan Antiguo
Ballajá is in San Juan Antiguo
San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan
San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan
Ballajá is located in Caribbean
Ballajá
Ballajá
San Juan is in Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°28′14″N 66°07′28″W / 18.4706129°N 66.1245620°W / 18.4706129; -66.1245620
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality San Juan
BarrioSan Juan Antiguo
Websitehttp://www.ballaja.com/

Ballajá is one of 7 subbarrios of San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico.

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico, finding that the population of Ballajá was 1,217.[1]

  • Aerial view of the northwest tip of San Juan Antiguo
    Aerial view of the northwest tip of San Juan Antiguo
  • Ballajá barracks
    Ballajá barracks

References

  1. ^ Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 162.


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